Monday, Feb. 10, 1986
Campus/Area
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2 killed, 4 injured in 3-vehicle pileup
Two people were killed yesterday and four seriously injured in a three-vehicle pileup on U.S. 24 in Jefferson County, according to the Kansas Highway Patrol.
The two killed, who were riding in the same car, were identified by the patrol as Eunice Pilgrim, 65, and Marjorie Harris, 58, both of Perry.
A westbound car driven by Richard Perkins, Teuka junior, crossed the center line about 1:30 a.m. and collided head-on with the car driven by Pilgrim, a patrol dispatcher in Teuka said.
Perkins and a passenger in Pilgrim's car, Grace P. Smith, 70 of Lecompte, were in satisfactory condition at Storm-Vail Regional Medical Center in Topeka.
A westbound pickup driven by Annette Robinson, 41, of Holton, rammed into Perkins' vehicle in a collision, the dispatcher said.
Robinson and her husband, Don,
44, were in serious condition at St.
Francis Hospital and Medical
Center in Topeka.
Dean in finals for job
An Ohio State University official confirmed yesterday that Robert Lineberry, dean of the KU College of Liberal Arts and Sciences is one of five finalists for the position of provest at Ohio State.
Lineberry declined to comment on his nomination as a finalist, saving it was a personal matter.
Charles Babcock, a member of the selection committee, said the position would be filled sometime this month.
Fall injures student
A 24-year-old KU student was critically injured near Potter Lake Friday afternoon when he fell and hit his head.
J. David Markham, Lawrence special student, was running down some stairs near Carruth O'Leary Hall at about 4 p.m. when he fell and hit his head on a sidewalk, Duane Filkins, supervisor for Douglas County Ambulance Service, said yesterday.
Filkins said Markham was unresponsive when ambulance emplovers arrived.
Markham was taken to Lawrence Memorial Hospital at 4:30 p.m. A hospital spokesman said Markham then was transferred to the University of Kansas Medical Center by helicopter at 5:15 p.m.
He was listed in critical condition yesterday.
KUEA gets $10,000
The Kansas University Endowment Association recently received $10,000 from the estate of a 1909 KU graduate, the Endowment Association said Friday.
The bequest came from the estate of Nina M. Hester, who died April 12, 1984, at age 97. Hester, a homemaker, lived in Lawrence for more than 70 years.
Weather
Today will be partly cloudy and cold with a high temperature of about 20. Winds will blow from the northeast at 5 to 15 mph. The low tonight will be zero. Tomorrow will be partly cloudy and cold with a high in the 20s.
From staff and wire reports.
Diane Dultmeler/KANSAN
Yun Ching Lin, a former elementary school teacher from Taiwan, leads a children's choir at a Chinese New Year's Eve party in the Kansas Union. Saturday night's party celebrated the beginning of the year of the tiger and was sponsored by the Chinese Student Association.
Rumors of violations prompt official letter
University officials have responded to rumors that final oral examinations for doctoral students have not been open to the public as required by the Graduate School catalog.
By Sandra Crider
Staff writer
George Wooyard, associate dean of the Graduate School, said recently that the office sent letters last week to the faculty heads of graduate divisions in response to rumors of incidents where individuals were being denied access to the defense of dissertations.
Jawrence marks year of the tiger
"The business of the University is to engage in research and in the generation and transmission of knowledge," Woodyard said. "This is one of the forms in which that is accomplished."
He said the exams were both oral and public to preserve the old European tradition of students sharing their knowledge with society. The openness of the exams also helps to maintain the free exchange of information on which the University operates.
As specified in the Graduate School catalog, the examinations must be publicized so the public may attend.
After dinner, demonstrations of Chinese culture were given. For example, Chinese and American school children sang a traditional Chinese folk song.
The party, sponsored by the Chinese Student Association, began with a dinner consisting of more than 10 different Chinese dishes. The preparation of the food took three days, said Yu-Chuen Lin, president of the association.
Staff writer
By Brian Kaberline
She said she thought the faculty members probably were trying to protect their students from having to face strangers in a stressful situation.
The room was packed with Chinese students and staff members of the University of Kansas as well as other families and American host families.
The New Year's Eve celebration in
About 225 people gathered Saturday night at the center, 115 W. 11th St., to welcome the coming of the year of the tiger and to remember the traditions of a distant home.
The office had heard about the incidents but had not verified them, he
Several faculty members said they knew of incidents where the open policy was violated, but refused to comment as to the specific nature and sources of the event:
said. The letter was meant to be a reminder to the faculty at large about the rules regarding the oral defenses.
Outside it was a typical February night in Lawrence. The cold wind hurried the regular crowd to the downtown bars for the weekly celebration of another week gone by.
Pam Houston, assistant to the dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, is in charge of graduate studies. She said she, too, had heard rumors that people were not allowed to attend some oral exams.
"They don't want to make it any more tense for the students than it already is." Houston said.
Woodyard said, "We can't really preclude people from participating in the exam. To do that would be adverse to the open nature of the University.
But inside the basement of the Lawrence Community Center the cold grayness gave way to a warm, festive atmosphere. It was no longer February in Lawrence, it was New Year's Eve in China.
The faculty members may think they have the students' best interests in mind, she said, but they are violating Graduate School policy.
James Chiang, a KU graduate,
said he came back every year to see
his Chinese friends. Chiang, who now
lives in the Kansas City area, said his
Eddy Hwang, an adviser to the association, said Chinese people also wished each other good luck in the coming year by hanging banners. The banners contain sayings that stress the new beginning of a new year, he said.
China and Taiwan is like Christmas in the United States, Chin-Chih Tseng, president of the Free China Club said. Families gather together to spend the holiday with each other.
Although the people celebrated the same customs and traditions Saturday night, they gathered for different reasons. Some came to see old friends, others to remember home and still others to experience something new from another culture.
Another custom is the giving of a small red package or envelope to children by older family members and to unmarried older people by married couples. The envelopes contain money and symbolize a wish that the coming year be filled with luck and happiness.
Lin said other customs accompanied the New Year's celebration. Some are still practiced in the United States, but others have been given up by many Chinese students at KU.
family skipped some of the traditions, but he still planned to give red envelopes to his children.
"I don't like to put a lot of credence in rumors." he said.
Tseng said she enjoyed relearning the different parts of Chinese culture that she had forgotten. She said the party was a review in Chinese culture.
Letters, telephone calls and the company of friends must substitute for being with family for many Chinese students.
"It brought back all of those memories," she said. "All Chinese know that wherever you are, you have to go home for this celebration."
The celebration is important because it is a chance for Chinese people to be Chinese in this country, he said.
Hwang, a graduate student, said he would call his wife, who lives in Taiwan, to wish her a happy new year.
Many of the children were born in the United States and all attended American schools, he said. The song was an effort by the Chinese community in Lawrence to teach the children their heritage.
He said Chinese people had to work to keep their own customs alive. An example of this was the song by the school children.
Committee considers food shop in Towers
By Peggy Kramer
Staff writer
Jayhawker Towers residents might have a place to cure their late-night munchies if a study now underway indicates that a fast-food shop in the complex would be feasible.
"The study is only in the talking stage, and it would be premature to say what projects are being considered," Bob Richeson, chairman of the committee conducting the study and food service manager for the Kansas and Burge Unions, said yesterday.
The five-member committee of Richeson and four representatives from the Unions plans to finish the study within a month and present a report to James Long, director of Kansas and Burge Unions.
Richeson said the committee would consider which kind of fast food service or shop would best be accepted, the hours it might be operated, its cost and parking.
Long said that after he received the study, he would discuss the terms with the Towers management and the office of student housing. They would make the final decision on what the best option would be.
Long said, "The committee is doing the ground work and we don't expect any major changes this semester."
Students should be given credit for the idea, he said. He filed a request with union food service after the office of student housing considered students' suggestions.
Ken Stoner, director of student housing, said the food shop probably would be built under the office complex in Tower E.
Stoner said other suggestions included a delicatessen, a yogurt shop and a pizza place.
Lori Bloom, Washington, D.C., senior and Jayhawker Towers' representative for the Residential Programs Advisory Board, said another possibility would be a room with vending machines and video games. Students started discussing possible projects and the problems associated with them in October, she said.
Tom Berry, Northfield, Ill., sophomore and Towers resident, said the Towers was a central location for a fast food shop and were close to Daisy Hill residence halls.
Staff writer
By Russell Gray
'Professor Profile' informs listeners of school research
A series of public service announcements began recently to inform Kansans of the variety of research being done at Board of Regents schools and the benefits of that research.
The series, which began in January, is titled "Professor Profile," and is sponsored by the Kansas Information Network and the Regents.
The Regents schools are the six state universities and the Kansas Technical Institute in Salina.
Six professors from each of the Regents schools participated in the production of 60-second announcements, Frank Barthell, electronic media coordinator for the office of University Relations, said yesterday.
It also was a matter of publicizing work not normally publicized, said Barthell, who produced KU's announcements.
ting topics important to people in the state and informing listeners of a faculty member's research contribution in that area, Bartell said.
The selection of professors and topics was a combination of pinpoint-
The Kansas Information Network has 30 stations statewide, but none in Lawrence. The only station in Lawrence that has carried the announcements is KLWN-AM.
The station received two for January and two for February, Lee said. The station will receive announcements from all the Regents schools.
Lee said he would be glad to continue running the series and will do it twice a day
Bill Lee, program director for KLWN, said his station was running the announcements at least twice daily.
2 profs push for research center
By Tom Farmer Staff writer
Through the current efforts of two faculty members, an institute for North Atlantic studies may be formed at the University of Kansas within four to five years.
Daniel Gahan, research associate for the Hall Center for the Humanities and one of the organizers of the institute, said establishing a program for North Atlantic studies was significant because of the importance of good relationships among the United States, Canada, Great Britain, Ireland and Scandinavian countries.
"We see the North Atlantic communities as having a lot in common," Gahan said. "It's misleading in thinking that North American and European countries are so different."
Ted Wilson, director of the center, also is working to establish
the institute.
Wilson said the University had traditionally been strong in British writing, courses, Irish studies and English history. But there was a need to build on these strengths and introduce a studies program combining them with Canada and the Scandinavian countries.
If the two professors are successful in their efforts, the institute will emphasize research on relations and similarities and differences in the countries.
"The thrust thus far is to try to increase research and understanding," said Wilson. "We want to look at the inclinations of people in the North Atlantic region."
Gahan and Wilson began working on the institute in August and have taken steps toward its establishment.
A series of five lectures on Canadian issues was financed by the Canadian government. Canada,
according to Gahan, is willing to give money to projects that increase people's knowledge of the country.
The next lecture in the series will be March 20, when Elsbeth Cameron, from the Department of Literature at the University of Toronto, will discuss the Canadian novel.
KU libraries will benefit from the institute with $40,000 worth of books on Canadian history, literature, sociology and science, to be donated by the Canadian government in the next five years.
"Canada is more like the U.S. than any country in the world," said Gahan. "They are moving closer to free trade with the U.S., but yet, a student cannot learn Canadian history here."
Arrangements for a Danish historian to teach modern Scandinavian history in the spring of next year also have been made.
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